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William Morris Davis

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1861–1863ID D000143
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 362 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 362 · both combined

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.5%with Democrats
of 362 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 634No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 634), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1863S. 481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 544No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 732No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 359No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 362 contested votes scored in the 37th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

1 Congresses
37th · 1861
Republican · House · PA37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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William Morris Davis

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1861–18631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
10.5%with Democrats
of 362 votes · 89.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 362 · combined

Career arc

10050018611861
1861–62 · 37th · Republican · of 362 votes10.5%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 362 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

37th · 186137th · 1861
Republican37th–37th

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